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EXHIBIT 10.16
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
SANKYO CO., LTD
and
ARQULE, INC.
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EXHIBIT 10.16
Table of Contents
1. Definitions
1.1. "Active Homolog"
1.2. "Active ArQule Compound"
1.3. "Active Compound"
1.4. "Active Sankyo Compound"
1.5. "Affiliate"
1.6. "Agreement"
1.7. "ArQule Compound"
1.8. "ArQule Derivative Compound"
1.9. "ArQule Patent Rights"
1,10. "ArQule Technology"
1.11. "Array"
1.12. "Base Rate of Interest"
1.13. "Chemical Theme"
1.14. "Confidential Information"
1.15. "Contract Year"
1.16. "Derivative Compound"
1.17. "Directed Array (tm)"
1.18. "Directed Array (tm) Program"
1.19. "Disclosing Party"
1.20. "Effective Date"
1.21. "Extraordinary Expenses"
1.22. "FDA"
1.23. "Joint Patent Rights"
1.24. "Licensed Compound"
1.25. "Licensed Compound Set"
1.26. "Mapping Array (tm)"
1.27. "Mapping Array (tm) Program"
1.28. "Net Sales"
1.29. "Net Sales Price"
1.30. "Party"
1.31. "Patent Rights"
1.32. "Phase I Clinical Trials"
1.33. "Phase II Clinical Trials"
1.34. "Phase III Clinical Trials"
1.35. "Preclinical Compound"
1.36. "Preclinical Development"
1.37. "Receiving Party"
1.38. "Research Period"
1.39. "Research Program"
1.40. "Research Plan"
1.41. "Royalty-Bearing Product"
1.42. "Royalty Period"
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1.42. "Sankyo Compound"
1.44. "Sankyo Derivative Compound
1.45. "Sankyo Patent Rights"
1.46. "Steering Committee
1.47. "Sublicensee"
1.48. "Target"
1.49. "U.S. Territory"
1.50 "Valid Claim"
1.51 "Worldwide Territory `
2. Management of Research Program
2.1. Composition of Steering Committee
2.2. Duties of the Steering Committee
2.3. Compounds Excluded from the Directed Array (tm) Program
2.4. Meetings of the Steering Committee
2.5. Cooperation
2.6. Visits to Facilities
3. Mapping Array" (tm) Program
3.1. Conduct of Mapping Array (tm) Program
3.2. Mutual Disclosure
3.3. Reservation of Active ArQule Compounds
3.4. Mapping Array (tm) Program Payments
3.5. Term of Mapping Array (tm) Program
3.6. Performance of Mapping Array (tm) Program
4. Directed Array (tm) Program
4.1. Description of Directed Array (tm) Program
4.2. Conduct of Directed Array (tm) Program
4.3. Directed Array (tm) Program Payments
4.3.1. Delivery Fee
4.3.2. Expenses
4.4. Term of Directed Array (tm) Program
5. License Grants: Reversion of Rights
5.1. Screening Licenses
5.2. Preclinical and Clinical Licenses
5.3. Commercialization License
5.4. Reversion of Rights: Return of Materials
6. Ownership of Compounds
6.1. Sankyo Compounds; Sankyo Derivative Compounds
6.2. ArQule Compounds: ArQule Derivative Compounds
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7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1. Ownership of Patent Rights
7.2. Management of Joint Patent Rights
7.3. Cooperation of the Parties
7.4. Infringement by Third Parties
8. Payments, Reports, and Records
8.1. Milestone Payments
8.2. Alternative to Milestone Payments
8.3. Royalties
8.4. Reports and Payments
8.5. Invoices: Payments in U.S. Dollars
8.6. Payments in Other Currencies
8.7. Records
8.8. Late Payments
8,9. Withholding Tax Payments
8.9.1. Payments
8.9.2. Royalty Payments
9. Confidential Information
9.1. Definition of Confidential Information
9.2. Definition of Confidential Information
9.3. Obligations
9.4. Exceptions
9.5. Return of Confidential Information
9.6. Survival of Obligations
10. Representations and Warranties
10.1. Authorization
11. Indemnifications and Insurance
11.1. Sankyo Indemnity Obligations
11.2. Procedure
11.3. Insurance
12. Term and Termination
12.1. Term
12.2. Breach of Payment Obligations
12.3. Material Breach
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12.4. Effect of Termination
13. Miscellaneous
13.1 Relationship of Parties
13.2. Publicity
13.3. Non-Solicitation
13.4. Governing Law
13.5. Dispute Resolution Procedures
13.6. Counterparts
13.7. Headings
13.3. Binding Effect
13.9. Assignment
13.10. Notices
13.11. Amendment and Waiver
13.12. Severability
13.13. Entire Agreement
13.14. Force Majeure
EXHIBIT A
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
This Agreement, dated as of November 1, 1997, is between Sankyo Co.,
LTD ("Sankyo"), a Japanese corporation, having a business address at 5-1,
Nihonbashi Honcho 3-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103, Japan, and ArQule, Inc.
("ArQule"), a Delaware corporation, having a business address at 200 Boston
Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, ArQule has developed certain technology that has applications
in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical compounds;
WHEREAS, Sankyo desires that ArQule apply its technologies to the
research and development of pharmaceutical compounds for Sankyo; and
WHEREAS, in exchange for payment by Sankyo of research funds, milestone
payments and royalties, ArQule is willing to perform certain research and
development activities for Sankyo, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in
this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
1.1. "Active Homologs" shall mean any ArQule Derivative Compound or
Sankyo Derivative Compound that exhibits substantial homology with an Active
Compound as determined by the Steering Committee.
1.2. `Active ArQule Compound" shall mean any ArQule Compound or
ArQule Derivative Compound which exhibits confirmed significant functional
activity against a Target. The Steering Committee shall establish the criteria
for "significant functional activity" at the time of selection of each Target.
1.3. "Active Compound" shall mean any Active ArQule Compound or
Active Sankyo Compound.
1.4. "Active Sankyo Compound" shall mean any Sankyo Compound or
Sankyo Derivative Compound which exhibits confirmed significant functional
activity against a Target. The Steering Committee shall establish the criteria
for "significant functional activity" at the time of selection of each Target.
1.5. "Affiliate" shall mean a corporation or other legal entity
that controls, is
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controlled by, or is under common control with such Party. For purposes of this
definition, "control" means the ownership, directly or indirectly, of fifty
percent. (50%) or more of the outstanding equity securities of a corporation
which are entitled to vote in the election of directors or a fifty percent (50%)
or greater interest in the net assets or profits of an entity which is not a
corporation
1.6. "Agreement" shall mean this Research and Development Agreement,
together with Exhibit A hereto.
1.7. "ArQule Compound" shall mean any organic chemical molecule
that is synthesized by ArQule using its proprietary technology and provided by
ArQule to Sankyo under the Mapping Array (tm) Program.
1.8. "ArQule Derivative Compound" shall mean a Derivative Compound
synthesized by ArQule from an ArQule Compound under the Directed Array (tm)
Program described in Section 4.
1.9. "ArQule Patent Rights" shall mean Patent Rights controlled or
owned by ArQule as of the Effective Date or during the Research Period; all to
the extent and only to the extent that ArQule now has or hereafter will have the
right to grant licenses, immunities or other rights thereunder.
1.10. "ArQule Technology" shall mean all information and data which
is owned by ArQule or licensed by third parties to ArQule prior to or during the
Research Program and is necessary or useful to conduct the screening to discover
Active ArQule Compounds and Active Homologs thereto or to develop, make, use,
sell or seek regulatory approval in any country to market a product containing a
Licensed Compound; all to the extent and only to the extent that ArQule now Las
or hereafter will have the right to grant licenses, immunities or other rights
thereunder.
1.11. "Array" shall mean a set of samples of structurally related
chemical compounds arranged in a format such as a microtiter screening plate.
1.12. "Base Rate of Interest" shall mean the base rate of interest
declared from time to time by the Bank of Boston.
1.13. "Chemical Theme" shall mean the chemical or structural
characteristics shared by a group of compounds as determined by the Steering
Committee pursuant to Section 2,2.
1.14. "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1.
1.15. "Contract Year" shall mean each twelve (12) month period of
the Research Period, commencing on the Effective Date.
1.16. "Derivative Compound" shall mean a chemical compound
structurally derived in
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one or more steps from another by a process of modification or partial
substitution of at least one component wherein at least one structural feature
is retained at each process step. The number of intermediate steps or compounds
is not relevant to the classification of a compound as a Derivative Compound. A
compound need not have structural similarity to another compound in order to be
classified as a Derivative Compound.
1.17. "Directed Array (tm) shall mean an Array comprised of ArQule
Derivative Compounds synthesized by ArQule under the Directed Array (tm) Program
described in Section 4.
1.18. "Directed Array (tm) Program" shall mean a Directed Array (tm)
Program conducted by ArQule as set forth in Section 4, with each Directed Array
(tm) Program consisting of multiple Arrays derived from one (1) Sankyo Compound
or one (1) Active ArQule Compound.
1.19. "Disclosing Party" shall mean that Party disclosing
Confidential Information to the other Party under Section 9.
1.20, "Effective Date" shall mean the first business day of the
month immediately following the date of execution of this Agreement by the
Parties hereto.
1.21. "Extraordinary Expenses" shall mean those expenses incurred
from time to time by ArQule in connection with the Directed Array (tm) Program
which are not (a) direct, out-of-pocket costs provided for in the Research Plan
which are directly attributable to the Directed Array (tm) Program or (b) fixed
overhead costs provided for in the Research Plan which are allocable to the
Directed Array (tm) Program.
1.22. "FDA" shall mean the United States Food and Drug
Administration (or its foreign equivalent in Japan or Europe).
1.23. "Joint Patent Rights" shall mean any Patent Rights that are
jointly owned by the Parties, as set forth in Section 7.1(b).
1.24. "License Compound" shall mean any Active Compound or Active
Homolog thereto with respect to which the Steering Committee has designated in
accordance with Sections 2.2 and 3.2.
1.25. "Licensed Compound Set" shall mean, with respect to a Licensed
Compound, such Licensed Compound and any Active Homolog thereto.
1.26. "Mapping Array (tm) " shall mean an Array of ArQule Compounds
synthesized by ArQule under the Mapping Array (tm) Program set forth in
Section 3.
1.27. "Mapping Array (tm) Program" shall mean the Mapping Array (tm)
component of the Research Program as set forth in Section 3.
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1.28. "Net Sales" shall mean the aggregate Net Sales Price of
Royalty-Bearing Products in any Royalty Period.
1.29. "Net Sales Price" shall mean the gross amount received on
sales by Sankyo, its Affiliates and Sublicensees of Royalty-Bearing Products,
less the following; (i) trade, quantity, and cash discounts or rebates actually
allowed, (ii) credits or allowances given for rejections or returns, and (iii)
freight, shipping, or other costs of transportation charged to a customer. In
any transfers of Royalty-Bearing Products between Sankyo and an Affiliate, the
Net Sales Price shall be calculated based on the final sale of the
Royalty-Bearing Product to an independent third party. In the event that Sankyo
receives non-monetary consideration for any Royalty-Bearing Products, the Net
Sales Price shall be calculated based on the average price charged by Sankyo for
such Royalty-Bearing Products during the preceding Royalty Period.
1.30. "Party" means ArQule or Sankyo or their respective Affiliates;
"Parties" means ArQule and Sankyo and theft respective Affiliates,
1.31. "Patent Rights" shall mean all rights arising under issued
patents and reissues, reexaminations, extensions and supplementary protection
certificates thereof and all patent applications and any divisions,
continuations, or continuations-in-part thereof or patents issuing thereon,
1.32, "Phase I Clinical Trials" shall mean clinical trials in
healthy adults and/or in a small number of patients commencing upon the filing
of a trial protocol with the appropriate regulatory body and designed to
determine the metabolism and pharmacologic actions of a product in humans, the
side effects associated with increasing doses and to gather evidence on
effectiveness and meeting the requirements established by the FDA or by the
equivalent Japanese agency for Phase I clinical trials, The completion of the
Phase I Clinical Trials will be deemed to have occurred upon the first formal
internal issuance of trial results as measured by trial objectives, or in any
event no later than the commencement of the Phase II Clinical Trials.
1.33. "Phase II Clinical Trials" shall mean clinical trials in a
small sample of the intended patient population commencing upon the filing of a
trial protocol with the appropriate regulatory body and designed to assess the
efficacy for a specific indication of a compound proposed to be used as a
therapeutic or diagnostic pharmaceutical product, to determine dose tolerance
arid the optimal dose range as well as to gather additional information relating
to safety and potential adverse effects, and meeting the requirements
established by the FDA or the equivalent Japanese agency for Phase H clinical
trials. The completion of the Phase II Clinical Trials will be deemed to have
occurred upon the first formal internal issuance of trial results as measured by
trial objectives, or in any event no later than the commencement of the Phase UI
Clinical Trials.
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1.34. "Phase III Clinical Trials" shall mean clinical trials
commencing upon the filing of a trial protocol with the appropriate regulatory
body and designed to demonstrate safety and efficacy of a compound proposed to
be used as a prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic pharmaceutical product in
an expanded patient population at geographically dispersed study sites, meeting
the requirements established by the FDA or the equivalent Japanese agency for
Phase In clinical trials. The completion of the Phase Ill Clinical Trials will
be deemed to have occurred upon the first formal internal issuance of trial
results as measured by trial objectives, or in any event no later than the
filing of an NDA.
1.35. "Preclinical Compound" shall mean any Licensed Compound
selected by Sankyo or an Affiliate of Sankyo to enter into Preclinical
Development.
1.36. "Preclinical Development" shall mean, with respect to any
Preclinical Compound, the commencement of potency and efficacy testing in animal
models,
1.37. "Receiving Party" mean that Party receiving Confidential
Information under Section 9.1,
1.38. "Research Period" shall mean the period during which the
Research Program remains in effect. The duration of the Research Period shall be
a minimum of three (3) years, unless extended by the mutual agreement of the
Parties.
1.39. "Research Program" shall mean, collectively, each of the
Directed Array (tm) Programs and the Mapping Array (tm) Program.
1.40. "Research Plan" shall mean a plan of research for the Directed
Array (tm) Program covering a minimum of a six-month period, which shall be
updated quarterly pursuant to Section 2.2 to reflect developments during the
previous three (3) months and extended for the subsequent three (3) months. The
parties will begin development of the initial Research Plan by December 31,
1997. The parties will complete the Research Plan for the first Directed Array
(tm) Program by January 31, 1998 and will complete the Research Plan for the
second Directed Array (tm) Program by March 31, 1998. The completed Research
Plan will be attached to this Agreement as & Exhibit A
1.41. "Royalty Bearing Product" shall mean a product containing as
one of its constituents (a) any Active ArQule Compound; (b) any ArQule
Derivative Compound; (c) any Sankyo Derivative Compound; or (d) any other
Derivative Compound discovered or designed by Sankyo from any ArQule Compound,
ArQule Derivative Compound or Sankyo Derivative Compound, or otherwise as a
result of information provided by ArQule to Sankyo under the Mapping Array (tm)
Program described in Section 3, or the Directed Array (tm) Program described in
Section 4 developed.
1.42. "Royalty Period" shall mean, with respect to each
Royalty-Bearing Product, every calendar quarter, or partial calendar quarter,
commencing with the first commercial sale of
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such Royalty-Bearing Product in any country and ending on the later to occur of
(i) the end of the quarter during which all Valid Claims of all Patent Rights
covering such Royalty-Bearing Product expire in the applicable country, or (ii)
ten (10) years after such first commercial sale in the applicable country.
1.43. "Sankyo Compound" shall mean any chemical compound provided by
Sankyo or its Affiliates to ArQule under the Directed Array (tm) Program
described in Section 4.
1.44. "Sankyo Derivative Compound" shall mean a Derivative Compound
synthesized by ArQule from a Sankyo Compound under the Directed Array (tm)
Program describe in Section 4.
1.45. "Sankyo Patent Rights" shall mean Patent Rights controlled or
owned by Sankyo as of the Effective Date or during the Research Period; all to
the extent and only to the extent that Sankyo now has or hereafter will have the
right to grant licenses, immunities or other rights thereunder.
1.46, "Steering Committee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
1.47. "Sublicensee" shall mean any non-Affiliate third party
licensed by Sankyo to make, use (except where the right to use accompanies the
sale of any Royalty-Bearing Product by Sankyo or its Affiliates or Sublicensees)
or sell any Royalty-Bearing Product.
1.48. "Target" shall mean any biological target selected by
Sankyo for which Sankyo has certain proprietary technology and/or expertise.
1.49. "U.S. Territory" shall mean the fifty states comprising the
United States of America and all American possessions.
1.50. "Valid Claim" shall mean either (a) a claim of an issued
patent that has not been held unenforceable or invalid by an agency or a court
of competent jurisdiction in any unappealable or unappealed decision or (b) a
claim of a pending patent application that has not been abandoned or finally
rejected without the possibility of appeal or refiling.
1.51. "Worldwide Territory" shall mean the world excluding the U.S.
Territory.
1.52. The above definitions are intended to encompass the defined
terms in both the singular and plural tenses.
2. Management of Research Program,
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2.1. Composition of Steering Committee. The Parties hereby
establish a Steering Committee comprised of six (6) members, with three (3)
representatives appointed by each Party. The initial members of the Steering
Committee shall be as follows:
Sankyo Representative
Douglas Burdi, Ph.D.
Dayid L Coffen, Ph.D.
Kaplan, Ph.D.
A Party may change one or more of its representatives to the Steering Committee
at any time upon notice to the other Party. Each Party will designate one of its
representatives as its team leader.
2.2. Duties of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall
direct and administer the Research Program. With respect to each Directed Array
(tm) Program, the Steering Committee shall specifically determine the following:
(i) the appropriate objectives of each Chemical Theme and/or Active Compound to
be submitted to the Directed Array (tm) Program; (ii) the appropriate number and
type of Chemical Themes to be submitted to the Directed Array (tm) Program,
subject to ArQule's right to exclude certain compounds as set forth in Section
2.3 below; (iii) the appropriate number of compounds that ArQule should generate
in a Directed Array (tm) for a particular Chemical Theme; and (iv) the
appropriate amount of each compound in a Directed Array (tm) that ArQule should
deliver to Sankyo for further research and development. The scope of each
Chemical Theme will be determined on the basis of the following criteria: (i)
the specific reaction or reaction sequence used to combine members of two or
more discrete chemical units in which each chemical unit bears the functional
group(s) required for the specific reaction(s) that result in the combination of
the chemical units; and (ii) the extent to which a class of compounds is related
by a recurring structural motif associated with a particular biological
activity. In addition, the Steering Committee shall (i) determine whether any
Active Compound should be designated as a Licensed Compound; (ii) determine and
update the list of Licensed Compounds; (iii) determine the allocation of the
funding and personnel resources to be contributed by ArQule under this
Agreement; (iv) revise and extend the Research Plan each calendar quarter for
the subsequent six (6) months based on prior developments; and (v) resolve
matters involving scientific questions.
2.3. Compounds Excluded from the Directed Array (tm) Program.
ArQule shall have the right, at the time Sankyo seeks to include any Active
ArQule Compound or Active Homolog thereto in any Directed Array (tm) Program, to
exclude from such Directed Array (tm) Program any Active ArQule Compound or
Active Homolog thereto that is at that time either (I) included within a
Directed Array (tm) Program for a third party(1) (ii) being optimized by a third
party from a Mapping Array (tm) Program, (iii) previously licensed or reserved
by a third party, or (iv) is
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included within an existing ArQule internal development program.
2.4. Meetings of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee
shall communicate regularly, but in no event less than monthly, via written
project status reports through written communications means, including, without
limitation, electronic mail. A member of the committee from each Party will
promptly respond to such communications where appropriate within seven (7) days
of its receipt by such member, In the event that questions or issues arise from
such written communications that cannot be, or are not being effectively
addressed by such written communications, or upon request by any member of the
Steering Committee, the Steering Committee shall promptly conduct one or more
telephone conferences to address such questions or issues and shall prepare and
deliver to each Party a brief written report describing the significant issues
and discussions that take place during such telephone conference(s). A
representative of the Steering Committee jointly appointed by its members shall
provide each member with five (5) business days notice of the time of any such
telephone conferences and the proposed agenda with respect thereto, unless
waived by all members. The Steering Committee shall meet at least once each
quarter at the facilities of ArQule, or at such other times and locations as the
Steering Committee determines. A representative of the Steering Committee
jointly appointed by its members shall provide each member with five (5)
business days notice of the time and location of meetings, unless such notice is
waived by all members. If a designated representative of a Party cannot attend
any meeting of the Steering Committee, such Party may designate a different
representative for that meeting without notice to the other Party, and the
substitute member will have full power to vote on behalf of the permanent
member. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, all actions and
decisions of the Steering Committee will require the unanimous consent of all of
its members. If the Steering Committee fails to reach agreement upon any matter,
the dispute will be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 13.5 below. Within ten (10) days following each quarterly meeting of the
Steering Committee, the Steering Committee shall prepare and deliver, to both
Parties, a written report describing the decisions made, conclusions and actions
agreed upon.
2.5. Cooperation. Each Party agrees to provide the Steering
Committee with information and documentation as reasonably required for the
Steering Committee to fulfill its duties under this Agreement. In addition, each
Party agrees to make available its employees and consultants as reasonably
requested by the Steering Committee, The Parties anticipate that members of the
Steering Committee will communicate informally with each other and with
employees and consultants of the Parties on matters relating to the Directed
Array (tm) Program.
2.6. Visits to Facilities. Members of the Steering Committee shall
have reasonable access to the facilities of each Party where activities under
this Agreement are in progress, but only during normal business hours and with
reasonable prior notice. Each Party shall bear its own expenses in connection
with such site visits.
3. Mapping Array (tm) Program.
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